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BALTIMORE AID roTe@Ac Rail-

BALTIMORE AID GoTeMAc aaLRoAD.
For Erie Canandaigpe. Rochester, Buffalo. Niagara
1O:OOp. n. daily, except Saturday, with Palace
Cars Washington TO Rochester
For Williamsport, Lcck Haven and ElmiTa at
$50 q. m, daily, e1ceGt Sunday.
For New York sud tbs Easl, 1925, 900 ana lI:16
q. m., 1880 EGO. IDS. 1000 and 1i:20 p
IA. On Sunday 800 &. IT, 1890. 200, lis
1000 and 1920 p. II. Limited Express of
Pullman Par!ur Cars, 9:@,i a. e.. daily, except
Sunday, and 4:QO p. N. daily.
Fer Boston without change, 2:00 >, Ii. every
day.
For brooklyn, N. AL through trains connect at
jersey City With boats of Brooklyn annex
afIording direct transfer TO Fulton street, sold
ing double ferriage across New York City.
For Philadelphia, 7:25 500 ana If:i5 o. e..
1870, 20C 4:15, 500 1000 and 11:20 ?. n.
On Sunday 500 2. "a, 1890 300, 4:15, 500,
1000 ana ii:2C p III. Limited EXPRESS, $40
s.. II. week days, and 400 p ~ 6Giig.
For Baltimore 6:35, 1926 500, $40, $50,
Ills am, 1876, 1875. 2:G0, 100, 4:f6, 4:23,
4:4O, 600, $40, 1000 and 1870 ?. u. On
Sunday, 900. $50, 11:15 a. NJ, J2:So,
200, 400, 4:15, SEQ 8:10, 10oo and 1920
pm.
For Popes Greek Line, z2s E. H., sad 4:4C P. ~,
daily except Sunday.
For Annapolis 7:25 4. NJ, and 123o 4:23 and
900 p Ia. daily except Sundays. On Sundays
at 300 a.. 4:15 p.
ALEXANDRIA AID FREDElICEsgU2G GALWAY
AND ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON HAILRoAD.
For Alezandria, 600, 8:45, $40, 9:47, and
11:OO g. e., 1901 noon, 205, 4:25 1875, Col,
500, 1905 and 1877 p. Il. On Sunday at
500, 9:47 and 11:G0 a m, ard $40 6:01 and
1905 .. III.
For Richmond and tie South, 500 aud 100 5.
m, daily, and 4:35 pm. daily. except Sunday.
Trains leave Alezandria for Washington, sos
500, 9:10, 1915 and 1913 B. m; 5:20 800,
Doc II n 0.s-O ~
1910 midnight, except Monday. ca. Sunday
at 500 and 1913 g. NJ; 200, $40, 9:32 and
1912 p. r. and 1910 night.
Tickets and information az the Office, Northeast
corner Of 18th street. and Penna. Avenuc, and ct
the station where orders caa be loft fer the check
ing Of baggage 90 destination from hotels and
residences. J. T. WOOD, G. 2. r.
CEAS E. PUGR G IL
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MANASSAS BRANCH.


connect daily to and from Warrenton.
FRANKLIN DIvISI0N-Daly,e except Sunday.
Leave Rocky Mt 7:40 a. M. arrive Franklin
Junction 11:10 q. m; leave Franklin Junction
6:30 p. M. arrive Rocky ut. 9;30p. IN.
GOEDONSyILIE-Train leave Orange for
Gordonsyilc 800 p m. dsly. and $50 q ~ and
1876 p. IA daily except Sunday. Returning,
leave Gordonsville for Orange 4:35 4. N. daily
and 1870 a 10. and 800 p. m. daily exccpt sun
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,Fhe steamer LADY or TIE Ike will leave
he. ,gttgrf EVERY TUESDAY. THURSDAY and
SATURDAY q $50 o'clocA. p. Nctprning,
!cavc Norfolk EyE2Y MONDAY, WEDNESDAY,
-anG FRIDAY Fare, first class, - round trip, So
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Successors 70 Z. II. Stablori
DRUG GESTS AND CHEMISTS.
n. W Corner King and Washington Streets
Deslers IL Patent Medicines, Drugs, Cigars and
Cigarettes, Fine Tooth Brushes, Nail Brushes,
German an5 Domestic Cologne Hair Brushes,
Sponges Flesh Straps. 81 Especial care given 10
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WHOLESALE GROCERS,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers IN

have on hand GIBSON'S Xxx, Xxx, Xxx,
and PURE OLD RYE, OLD CABINET and
MONOGRAM WHISTLES; also BAKERS and
THOMPs0N'S PURE RYE WHISTLES to which
they invite the attention OF tho trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
Consign1aonts of Flour, Grain and Country Pro-
luce selected, for which they guarantee the high
ost market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corner of Cameron and Royal streets
sep14 Alexandria Va
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RAILROADS.


iSS ;sENEsYI.yANIb ROUTE zoo /
TO TIE NOgTa. TE3T and SOUTH r EST,
i T4l;rE;:E iRIGk. 5fEELt ESji-s.
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lhc ss.sluers of ti.ic company make connections
ii focf,'e for Boston and al points East; at Nov
YosR - - points West and Northwest, and at
Aiczee 18th Virginia Aidland Railway and
W and Ohio R2iiT0ad. Through ratcs
;..vsc .-. .reight handled carefully and promptly
Foz frrtbe, Information apply TO
Z 4 REED & CO., Agent,
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goa eoeTeEss MoNRor AND NoREo1f
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c.. o,,.,. 10. so. No. 81 No. 81. p
SCUM "0oHD Daily. Daily. Daily.
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finland AND sE8R0ARD~ ~C-er :.
COAsTING COMPANY. $500 sss.sassz5i.
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STEAMERS.


F0R 7oa79h 5s8 -. L.
Fl.RTREeS NOME !,
THE POTOMAC a,aEAamlAT ScdSSEY's
First-elass sUssmer
GEORGE LSARI
vii ieave Prince ct. wharf EVERY MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, 81 $50 =. n. Rs
turning leave Norfolk every ineaday, Thurs
day aud Saturday, 81 i p p.
Conusedng ~ Norfolk viii
.,p04T0x AND PRQYIDESCE'' Sc5.AME{sa
and Steamer ARIEL For RiCHM0e'D.
For fnTtber particulars enquirs ne Company
Chico I'll: Street. Wharf. Washington. j. e., or to
PHISlF B. H0OE,
r,ay7-tf ASt Prince Street Niarf.
INLAND AND sEAB0ARD~ -C-~e
C0AsTING ciMPA,If ., sEss:as;s;siF
GREATLY REDUCED RATEs
Fer e0RTeEss MoNRoE AND NoRFolg
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pREECH AND MUzZLE.LoADING sHO.
- GUNS, the largest and best assoHmon. 81
have ever had and at lower prices; also Pap
Shells Of all grades, Wads, Caps, Belts and Cluya
Coats. 1t will pay purchasers to cali and See Us
JAS. F. CARLIN & SONS
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GREATLY REDUCED RITES
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lust RECEIVED By S. S. Nossmore from
y erpool, Eng, 10 Baltimore, - crates stan
ARD C. g., and Il crates HENRY BUEsE
WHITE GRANITE SETS. If you are ia need
a first.class article in either Of these wares 81
should not fail to give US cali We do no s.
seconds Second quality and thirds Tim
quality at retail. We guarantee every a
of ware from our house to be the best OF IS Kin
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07
Eggs i'm Summer.

Without claiming any special knowl-
edge as to the methods whereby the
hen Celebrates her egg l can positively
affirm that summer eggs are not as
good generally, even when perfectly
fresh, as those laid earlier in the sea-
son, when grain is the hens chief food,
After the hen begins to depend mainly
on grass and insects the eggs rapidly
deteriorate in quality, irrespective of
injury by the heat. About harvest
time, if the hens have free range, the
egg is better favored. Itseems fresher,
though the weather then is generally
about as warm as any time. | think
wheat grain whole is excellent for
hens, both to make quantity and quality
of eggs, and at present prices of wheat
it is the cheapest as well as the best
feed for poultry. When week old
chickens will eat whole wheat grains,
and before that age cracked wheat is
better for them than almost anything
else. -Erchdnge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07
Care of the Hands.

In cool weather comes the liability to
chapped hands, and the discomfort of
these is more trying than theirunsight-
illness. With care the hands may be
kept smooth, even by those who handle
the dish-cloth. For cleansing the hands
use oatmeal instead of soap, or little
ammonia or borax in the water they are
washed in. Be careful to dry them
thoroughly every time they are washed,
and then to apply a little vaseline or
cold cream, wiping the hands after the
application. OXalic acid in weak So
luton will remove stains, or what is
better, bit of lemon, for oxalic acid is
poison and must not be permitted to
touch an abraded part of the skin. At
night rub oatmeal over the hands and
wear pair of kid-gloves size or two
large. This is especially for those who,
after their housework is done, sit down
at the piano or occupy themselves with
fine sewing or silk embroidery.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07
The Care of Children.

l want to say a few words to those
who have the care of children with re-
gard to feeding them, as so many peo-
ple-adults as well as children-get in
the habit of eating so much between
meals. 1t is bad practice for any one,
as it deranges the digestion and causes
dyspepsia, headache and many other
troubles. 1t is not a necessity but a
habit, and should be broken off at once.
Three good meals day are as much as
any grown person in health needs.
People talk of being bilious" Dio
Lewis said " biliousness is pigish-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07

weather. We had no thermometer in
those days, so did not think how much
hotter air in the sunshine was for milk
than in the shade. Well, churning
DAYS we had so much dried cream (white
specks) in the buttermilk l used to sift
it out with wire sieve. often had
quart or more from twenty-five pound
churning, and it made nice pie-crust,
cake, biscuit, etc., but how did wish
it would churn into butter. 1t was too
much of good thing. After year or
two the " good man " said those ,cindoos
must be kept closed and partially dark
ened, and from thenceforth the dried
cream disappeared from or Cummings.
As long as we used churn with floats
l could get cream by letting the pail of
buttermilk stand an hour or two for it
to rise on top, but since we have bar
rel churn that too has disappeared;
but I use great deal of buttermilk
when it is new to cook with Just the
same, and there is plenty of cream in
the dairy. One very desirable item in
cooking well with soda is to get the
flour all in to the wetting before the
foam gets out. One scientific writer
has said that buttermilk is not healthy,
but don't know who has better appe-
tites than our folks.
A. B. B., Fayston, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07

light lunch in the middle of the fore
noon it would do no harm, but this con-
tinually helping themselves or being
helped is what ruins health. And
another thing: Why is so much fine
flour used? The best parts of wheat
are taken out and given to the pigs
those parts required to make bone and
muscle-and the starch alone used in
many families, when whole wheat -four
for bread and pudding would be so
much better for all. Wheat ground
into graham four" in our common
mills will do if one can get nothing
better, but it needs sitting, as the bran
is some of it left too coarse. And why
is not more corn-meal used in cakes
and different kinds of pudding? /
know one dear little three-year-old who
likes "meal pudding" as he calls it,
with milk, or little syrup, the best of
anything. Most children like oatmeal,
crushed wheat and all such dishes if
they are only provided for them. Why
not take little more pains to supply
suitable food for the little bodies and
save thereby not only doctors bills
but health and lives? l am sure you
will realize the truth of what / have
said if you will try it. 1t is claimed by
the inconsderate that it makes but lit
tie difference what one eats, but those
who have given the subject of diet due
food is an important factor in the pres
ervation of health. / have tried the
different ways, so l know whereof
I speak. Experience is the best
teacher, but the tuition fees are heavy"
A. r. l..
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07
He Doesn't Want To.

Eth, Carlotta, don't know how to wear
corsets? / am glad l don't, and hope
my wife won't know how either, if
ever get one, which is extremely doubt
full. Why, | am Mortified at the terri
BILE effects which this secret and hidden
mystery is eXerting on the civilized
portion of the human race. l say
" race" for / feel that the baleful in
huence of lacing is felt by boys as well
as girls, since the LAGER is mother of
both. Within a week l have been in
formed by reliable professional man
held position where he has ample OPP
portunity to see the facilitating effects
of waist binding in all their destroying
variety, that it is hardly safe for young
man to seek wife because of his liza
bility to secure only person who will
prove limp invalid. He gravely said:
eff were seriously thinking of making
any particular woman my wife / should
get extremely thick [intimate] with the
physician attending her family; and
even in this case l should gain no sat-
isfaction if | asked direct questions.
Such is the sacred nature of secret
held by doctor and such the difficulty
almost impossibilty-of proper mar
rage" He attributed large per cent
of all physical troubles to corsets, di-
rectly and indirectly. When men of
experience and integrity thus strongly
and in large numbers protest against
anything it has more weight with me
than the arguments of an individual in
favor of vice to which he is an abject
slave. Bach.
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pecially important when they are stored
in deep bins or piled together in large
quantities. Under such conditions there
is always danger of heating, which is
sure to impair the terminating powers
of the tubers. If the grower pays no
attention to the potatoes he intends to
plant until the season for planting is at
hand, and then draws from the COM
mon heap for such quantities as he
needs, he finds them usually badly
sprouted and shriveled and no more
fit for planting than heated seedcorn.
Weak, spindling and stunted vines,
with frequent missing hills, are the
usual results from planting seed-pota-
toes wintered in this manner. If prac-
ticable the seed stock should be selected
at digging time and, where sufficient
cellar room is available, should be
stored in shallow bins in cool loca-
ton. If barrels or boxes have to be
used for storage it is well to ventilate
them at the bottom and sides and place
them on blocks up from the floor, so as
to allow the air to circulate freely
through them. They should be fire.
quently examined and if the potatoes
are found to heat or sprout they should
be handled over and the shoots rubbed
off. The lower the temperature can be
maintained without freezing the better,
though much care should be taken that
it does not go below this point. The
slightest touch of frost, though it may
not entirely destroy the vitality of the
tubers, will, if they are planted, cause
dwarfed or stunted growth, if not en-
tire failure. Special care is needed in
wintering small potatoes for seed pur-
poses, as these are more likely to heat
than larger ones and also for the reason
that if an excessive growth of sprout
takes place it will draw more upon
their vitality and cause weak growth.
Potatoes for table use should never be
exposed to the light more than is abso-
lutely necessary, but moderate light
will do the stock no harm. The prac-
tice, however, of exposing the latter
for some time before planting to the
full rays of the sun until green and
shriveled is not advisable. -EGchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07
A Warming to Farmers.

The New York Journal Of Commerce
recently called attention to the lack of
careful sanitation in villages and farm
houses. 1t spoke of the danger in
drinking water from running streams
which receive foul deposits and form
foul odors from the drainage of farm
houses. Every spring and fall fever or
diphtheretic epidemics are reported in
farming districts, and in midsummer
enteric diseases prevail. Most of these
are due to the use of improper water
or to the noxious smells from sinks,
cess-pools and drains. Physicians say
that nearly every case of diphtheria,
fever and dysentery can be traced to
the impure sanitary surroundings of
the buildings where the patient resides.
Not infrequently entire communities
are Frustrated by the use of water
which, while apparently pure, contains
noxious vegetable elements. The
spread of sanitary information, es-
pecially by the daily and weekly press,
has to a degree lessened the dangers of
epidemics in the country. But farmers
cannot be too careful to see that drains
do not run into closed cess-pools, do not
become clogged with decaying matter
and that they are far removed from the
sources of domestic water supply. The
press makes no mistake in preaching
an occasional sermon on the absolute
necessity of improved sanitation in the
city and country.-Albany Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07
Helpful Hints.

CLOGGED wicks can be cleaned by
boiling them in soap-suds.
WAsH-CLOTHs should be thoroughly
rinsed in water with soap and little
ammonia.
If you have no dark place for the
fruit-cans, wrap each one separately in
heavy paper.
A TABLE-sPOONFUL of turpentine
boiled with white clothes will greatly
aid the whitening process.
DUsTING-CLoTHs must be washed
often or they will carry more dirt into
the rooms than they take out.
To scour knives easily mix small
quantity of baking soda with your brick
dust, and see if your knives do not
polish better.
AMMONIA and whiting will clean
nickel-plating nicely. Make into a
paste and apply; then rub until bright
with another cloth.
Much of the ordinary bother of
washing lamp-chimneys on the inside
can be saved by using a stick with a
sponge tied to the end.
GRASS stains are troublesome to re-
move, but soft-soap and soda is usually
effectual. After having wet the stained
parts rub in the soap and as much
baking soda as will adhere. Let this
stand half an hour and wash in the
usual manner. Whiting is also used
with soft-soap for the same purpose.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07

ness" and believe it is true that many
diseases of the stomach and bowels are
caused by over-eating and by not being
careful enough what we eat, especially
through the summer and early autumn.
You may think it kindness to give
the children piece of pie or cake
every time they ask for it, but it is a
great cruelty instead, bringing many
ills upon them for which they, poor
little dears, are not responsible. When
see a puny, sickly child who is not
hungry at meal-time / am pretty sure
what has helped to make it So have
seen strong, well children who never
think of asking for lunch and come to
the table with good, healthy appetites.
This is because they have been brought
up so from the first, which is just as it
should be. We should begin with the
darling babies; they should not nurse
oftener than once in two hours at first,
and in few weeks increase the length
of time to three hours. The time
necessary for the digestion of milk, as
given in our tables, is two hours and
fifteen minutes. We should allow
little time for the stomach to rest, as it
needs rest as certainly as any part of
the body. 1t is necessary to be par
ticularly careful with children during
the hot months-the most trying time
being August and the greater part
of September if we would avoid
bowel complaints. More infants and
children die every year from indi-
gestion caused by overlooking than
from any other cause. Many mothers
think baby must nurse every time it
cries, when very often an overloaded
stomach is the cause of its crying.
Think how we would feel to be stuffed
every half hour. And can their weak
little stomachs stand more than ours
without crying out against it? If
children who cannot eat much break.
fast, and so need something before din.
ner, are allowed a glass of milk or some
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Notes..

IT is said that sunhower seed fed to
poultry promotes early Noting, and
too much may cause the feathers to fall
off.
THE first note about pear blight is by
William Denning in 1894. Most of
the old writers and many of the mod
ern compared it with fire blight.
WESTERN railway managers have de-
termined that hereafter live stock shall
be weighed instead of being sent by
the carload.
ONE-HALF pound of land plaster
every day for every animal weighing
1000 pounds, sprinkled over manure
sinks, will catch all the escaping am
monia.
Both sows and pigs do better now if
allowed to run in grass or clover. The
green grass diet prevents the sow from
becoming too fat and obviates danger
of fever.
SHEEP-MANURE is one of the richest
fertilizers because it contains from
ninety to ninety-6ve per cent of the
plant food contained in the rations con-
sumed by the sheep.
10 nave gOod crop OF strawberries
next year there must be good growth
of plants this fall. To have this work
out beds Immediately after bearing
and work into the soil good supply of
well-rotted manure or commercial fer
tilizers.
WE do believe that apples can be
grown with great profit for horses
cows and especially swine in any 10,
cality suitable for the crop, provided
that land is plenty and reasonably cheap
A word to the wise is sufficient
Massachusetts, Ploughman.
WET, muddy feet and legs are fully
as injurious to the lower orders of ami
NAL life as they are to men. Instinct
teaches the animal in state of nature
to avoid such unwholesome exposures
but man has obliged them to grovel il
such miserable places, and is therefore
responsible for the results.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07
Bedding Amin ais.

A correspondent of the Neao England
Farmer says: I" A mistake extensively
made by farmers to-day is that of scan
tily. bedding stock. The economical
use of bedding material evidently seems
to be the only thing considered. While
economy is excellent in it's place it is
by all means out of place in this depart
ment of farm work. All phases. of this
question, when fairly discussed, plainly
demonstrate the fact that liberal use of
bedding is always source of remu-
neration to the farmer. In the first
place quite an amount of time and la
Dor is saved Farmers take pride in
the appearance of their stock, particu-
larly the horses. To keep horses and
colts looking neat and clean lots of
"elbow grease is required in the use
of the curry-comb and brush. A great
amount of labor is saved by generous
allowance of bedding. Not only is the
farmer benefited but much is added to
the comfort and enjoyment of the
beasts. No more telling stroke to Sc
cure better treatment can be made than
in this direction. Another argument
in favor of the practice l have advo-
Gated is the saving of liquid manure
The materials used in bedding are dry
and porous and are adapted to absorb,
ing of liquids. Few farmers have
stables so arranged as to preserve the
liquid manure, the ingredients of which
are unsurpassed to secure the promo
ton of vegetable growth. BY the lib
eral use of bedding large portion o
this important fertilizer is preserved
for use on the fields. The preservation
of liquid manure in this manner (anc
it can be accomplished no more con
veniently) is money in the farmer
pocket. By saving the fertilizer Sc
cured from his farm stock during tn
year the amount necessary to be pur
chased will be greatly lessened. b.
literally bedding his stock the farme
is not only remunerated to quite con
siderable extent but he saves time an
labor and adds much to the comfort o
his animals"